Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18822, James Fillebrown, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Fillebrown, James
S. 18822
carded
CONTENTS

Maine 11.512
James Pillsbury
of Kennebec Co. in the State of Maine who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Knapp of the Regt. commanded by Col. Reed in the War of 1812
Troops
  Private 9. 1785  31. 81    Capt 8.  22.     $ 53. 80  
Entered on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 53 Dollars 80 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 rd day of May and Sept 6, 1833 N. C. Love, Augusta, Me.  Arrears to the 14th of March 1833 117. 61  Pension, allowance ending 4 Sept " 25. 90  $ 134. 50
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. D. Sprague Clerk, Book C Vol. 1 - Page 15
Date of death...

James Tillebrun 24580 Knappa C o Recd Reg t 8 May 1775 - 1 st Aug t 76 - Knappa C o Wagon Co. 5 May 1780 - Hodge C o Col. Mts. Volts - 2/15
Proof E. D. Bangs Certificate Edward Simmons - per summa Rev. Mr. William Gov. Hinton - all credible private in 1778 Jan y 8 July 13 1780 Corporal 6 th Me. Battery 5 th Bangs Cont - 17 th June 1/5 G. D. Bangs 31/10 184 6 - 10/22 1/5 - 1/3
R. C. Rose Augusta Me  State of Maine,
KENNEBEC, ss.—I, JOHN A. CHANDLER, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts held within and for the County of Kennebec, hereby certify that the Hon. NATHAN WESTON, Jun'r, before whom the within proceedings was had, is a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State; I also certify that the within contains the original proceedings of the said Judge, in the matter of the application of James Tillebrun for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court, this 17 th day of
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J. A. Chandler

Declaration.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
STATE OF MAINE, } ss. KENNEBEC COUNTY, }
On this thirteenth day of July
A. D. 1832 personally appeared
before the Hon. NATHAN WESTON, Jun'r, a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court, of said State, James Fillebrown a resident of Readfield in the County of Kennebec and State of Maine, aged Seventy five
years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year 1775 with
Captain Moses Hemen and served in Col. Joseph Read's regiment of the Massachusetts line or troops under the following named officers: Major Captain Read
Colonel. That in May 1775, he enlisted as a private in the war of the revolution, in that company and regiment for the period of eight months. That this period he fully served out and was discharged honorably at Roxbury, Massachusetts. That in May 1780 he again enlisted as a private for six months into a Major's company, commanded by Major Moses Hemen of the Massachusetts troops, and joined the company at West Point. That during most of this period he was employed in erecting barracks at West Point, for the winter quarters. That after serving more than five months
Regiment. That in July August 1778 he served as a private fifteen days in Capt. Hodges' company in an expedition to Rhode Island, where Genl. Sullivan commanded
And to the interrogatories propounded under the instructions of the war department, he answers: that he was born in Mansfield Massachusetts in 1757 where his age as supposed is recorded, where his home was during his revolutionary services. That in 1783 he removed to Norton and in 1785 to Easton and in 1791 removed to Bridgewater Massachusetts and in 1803 removed to Readfield, Maine, where he now lives. That at the above periods, he enlisted, was not drafted or received as a substitute. That his discharge was signed by Lieutenant C. Littlefield , but is now lost. That the officers with him in the first and second periods above stated were those of the regular continental army. That many of his neighbors will testify to his service and he names Genl. John G. Huntington and Rev. James Willard .
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any agency in any State.
James Fillebrown
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid, Before
Nathan Weston Junr
And the said Judge hereby declare his opinion that the above named James Fillebrown was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he supposed in the war of the revolution being too infirm to bear arms himself in his own cause )
Nathan Weston Junr

October 4, 1932
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BA-J/AWT aw James Fillebrown S. 18822
Mr. Andrew H. Burgess Cicero, Illinois
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to James Fillebrown, a soldier of the War of the Revolution.
The data furnished herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S.18822, based upon the Revolutionary War service of James Fillebrown.
He was born in 1757 in Mansfield, Massachusetts. The names of his parents are not stated.
While residing in said Mansfield, he enlisted and served with the Massachusetts troops, as follows-
From sometime in May, 1775, eight months as a private in Captain Moses Knapp's company in Colonel Joseph Reed's regiment; in April, 1776, about one half month in Captain Clapp's company in Colonel Dagget's regiment; in September and October, 1777, one month in Captain Hodges' company in Colonel Williams's regiment; in 1780, six months in Captain Moses Knapp's company under Colonel Tupper in erecting barracks at West Point.
He moved to Norton in 1783, to Easton in 1785, in 1791 to Bridgewater, Massachusetts and in 1803 to Readfield, Kennebec County, District of Maine.
He was allowed pension on his application executed July 13, 1832, then a resident of Read Field, Massa-

chussets.
There are no data in this claim relative to his family.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, James Fillebrown, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., citing all of the following data-
James Fillebrown Certificate number 11512 Issued May 3, 1833 Rate $53.80 per annum To commence March 4, 1831 Act of June 7, 1832 Maine Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

Ohio
P 18822 O INVALID.
MAY 20 1898
C. L. Hillebrow Washington
1932 Oct 4 - Mich to Andrew H. Burgess
File No. 18822
James M. [?] 18822
Act: June 7 th '82
Index: - Vol. 1 , Page 126
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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West Point

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
To the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War of the United States.
I the subscriber, being Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, embracing the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, do hereby certify to your Honor, that James Hillman , a citizen of the United States, now resident in Readfield , in the said County of Kennebec , in the District of Maine, on the third day of April , A. D. 1818, made application to me to receive his declaration under oath, and such other evidence, as was in his power to produce; and to transmit the same, and the proceedings had thereon, to your Honor; that he might be placed on the pension list of the United States, agreeably to the provisions of an Act, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," passed March 18, A. D. 1818, which declaration, and the other evidence produced by the said applicant, is hereunto annexed.
And I do further certify to your Honor, that after a full examination of the said applicant, and a careful consideration of the evidence in the case, it appears to me that the said applicant did serve as a private soldier , in the war of the revolution, against the common enemy, upon the continental establishment, for more than nine months, as stated in his declaration aforesaid; and that from his reduced circumstances, he needs the assistance of his country for support.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the Seal of the Court in which I preside, to be hereunto affixed, this twenty third day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
Nathan Weston  per C. Root C. C. C. Pleas 2 d E. Circuit.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
KENNEBEC, ss.
THE Subscriber, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts, held within the said County of Kennebec, hereby certifies, that the Honorable NATHAN WESTON, Junior, Esquire, before whom the annexed proceedings were held, is Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, embracing the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset ; and that by the direction of the said Judge, I have affixed unto his Certificate bearing his signature, the seal of the said Court in which he presides.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand : Dated at Augusta, in said County of Kennebec, this tenth day of June, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
A handwritten signature in cursive, appearing to read "Nathaniel D. Dyer". The signature is written in dark ink and is positioned to the right of the date.

I James Tillebroun of Readfield, Kennebec County, Maine, in addition to my declaration made before Judge Weston on the 13 th day of July 1832, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of June 7 th 1832, upon oath declare that in 1775 I served eight months as a private in Capt. Moses Knapp's company in Col. H. Reads regiment of the Massachusetts troops. That in 1776 in April I served as a private about one half of a month in Capt. Clapp's company in Col. Daggett's regiment at Rhode Island. That in my said declaration I stated that in July or August 1778 I served as a private fifteen days in Capt. Hodges company at Rhode Island. I would now state that this latter service was in Capt. Hodges in Col. Williams regiment for one month in September & October 1778. I now further upon oath declare that my service in 1780 was for six months from sometime in July of that year, during which period I served as a corporal. James Tillebroun
State of Maine Kennebec ss. Subscribed & sworn to this Eleventh day of April A.D. 1833.
Before me,
George Bacon Justice Peace.

State of Maine
Wenatchee p: I the subscribed clerk of the Judicial Courts, Wenatchee County, hereby certify that Long Bacon Esq. is a Magistrate as within and that the within signature purporting to be his is genuine. Witness my hand & the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State this 11 th day of April A.D. 1833. —
J. A. Chandler clerk

State of Maine.
WE  James Williams a Clergyman, residing in the town of Readfield in the County of Kennebec and Jonathan G. Hunkin residing in the same town, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with James Hildreth who has subscribed and sworn to the annexed declaration; that we believe him to be eighty years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
James Williams J. G. Hunkin
State of Maine.
Readfield ss.—Sworn and subscribed this fourteenth day of July
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Before me,
Lord Bacon Justice of the Peace.
Lord Bacon Esq., is a Justice of the Peace. And the Rev. James Williams is a Clergyman residing in Readfield. And the Hon. Jonathan G. Hunkin late Governor of the State of Maine is a credible person, & their statement is entitled to be believed.
Nathan Weston

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, November 12 th 1832.
M c Kinney's Cont. - Weymouth Regt.
I hereby Certify , That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of James Fillebrown is borne on a Muster roll of the company under the command of Capt. Moses Knapp in Col. Jas. Reed's regiment, to the from the 30 th April to the first of August 1775 "as having been paid for three months & 9 days service. & that there are no further rolls of said company in this Office."
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And that the name of James Fillebrown is borne on a pay roll of Capt. Isaac Hodges company in Col. George Williams' regt., in a late secret expedition from the 25 th day of Sept r till the last day of October 1777, "as having been paid for one month & six days service."
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And that the name of James Fillebrown is borne on a Muster roll of Capt. Gabriel Clapp's company in Col. Daggett's regiment "as having been paid from the 19 th to the 29 th of April 1778, as having been paid for eleven days service."
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Edward D. Bangs. Secy

To the Hon. Judge Weston
We the undersigned hereby certify that we personally acquainted with Mr. James Littlebrown of Readfield who we understand served his country in the capacity of a private soldier about fourteen months in the Revolutionary war & that his property is very small quite insufficient for his support & in our opinion his infirmities are such that he is unable to perform much labour of any kind.
April 3 d 1818
Edward Fuller
Peter Eastman
John Smith

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
I James Tillebrown, aged sixty one years, a citizen of the United States, born in Mansfield in the State of Massachusetts, but now a resident, of Readfield in the District of Maine. On Oath depose and say that I enlisted as a private soldier into the continental Army during the revolutionary War, against the common enemy, in May 1775. For the period of eight months, into the company commanded by Cap. Morris Knapp, and regiment commanded by Col. Joseph Reed of the Massachusetts troops. I served this period fully out, and was discharged at Roxbury Massachusetts, by permission of my officer. - I again enlisted into the continental service in May 1780. for the term of six months, into a Major's company commanded by Major Moses Knapp, of the Massachusetts troops, and joined the company at West Point - having been engaged for the time during the period of my last enlistment, in erecting barracks at West Point for the winter quarters of the during the war's move - after we had completed the barracks, I was discharged with all the others who enlisted for the six months service. I served at this time more than five months, and received my discharge as belonging to Col. Tupper's regiment of the Massachusetts line, having been transferred to his regiment - my discharge I lost for  since with my pocket book several years, in the woods. I am indigent, and in need of the bounty of Government, my health is very feeble, and I hereby relinquish all claim to said and every pension heretofore allowed me by the Laws of the United States if any; but I am not to my knowledge born on any pension list whatever. I request that I may be placed upon the pension lists for the District of Maine.
James Tillebrown
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Commonwealth of Massachusetts On the third day of April A D 1818 James Tillebrown above named, after having been carefully examined made oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration, by him subscribed.
Before me Nathan Weston Esq.
Chief Justice C Court C Plus second Eastern Circuit

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
I Ichabod Simmons, of Readfield in the District of Maine, of lawful age, do depose and say, that I am well acquainted with the within named James Fillebrown. He depends upon his labor for support, of which he can do very little, being exceedingly infirm & having a breach, which obliged him to wear a truss, and he is greatly in need of the bounty of the government. He sustains the character of a man of truth.
Ichabod Simmons
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Kennebec Co.
On the third day of April A D 1818, Ichabod Simmons above named, after having been carefully examined, made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him submitted.
Before me,
Nathan Weston
Chief Justice C. Court C. Pleas, Second Pastemforuit
The above named deponent is a credible witness Nathan Weston
James Fillebrown

Cicero Illinois. Sept. 23 1932.
The Bureau of Pensions. % Mr. E.W. Morgan, Director. Washington D. C.
ad F 8/15/32
My dear Sir.
Thank you for the Pension Record
of the late Charles P Lindsey, a soldier of the Civil War, as per yours of the 12 th. ult. M.B.A.B. W.C. No. 736,278. Charles P Lindsey.
Answered indoor 10/1/32 EWP
May I ask if his record shows the place of his death, as you did not include such information.
Will you kindly send me the Service and Pension Record, of one James Fillebrown , a Soldier of the Rev. War, who was born in Mansfield Mass. on Feb. 10 1757, and served in Capt. Clapps Co. Col. Daggetts Regt. in 1775. I have found he died in Readfield Maine, in 1838, leaving nu- merous descendants. He was a Pensioner, and am anxious to learn if any Pension was granted to any of his family after his death.
There are a number of his descendants recorded in our Genealogy, and am trying to get as complete record as possible, of his service.
Thanking you again, in this request and in behalf of others.
Very Cordially Yours,
Andrew Holmes Burgess,
Member of the Illinois Society, S.A.R. Board of Managers, for 1932.

1812 Luther Fieldbrown
WAR & MAY 18 1812

7 Lockington, Ohio, May 8, 1888.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
I desire to learn the military record of my ancestors James Willebrown of Mass. in the War of Independence, and of Luther W. Willebrown of Maine, in the War of 1812. Family tradition says that James Willebrown was a workman in a foundry in Mass., and assisted in the casting of cannon for the Army of the Revolutionists; also that he was in the battle of Bunker Hill, where he received a very slight wound on his cheek from a British rifle ball. Can you authenticate these traditions?
Luther W. Willebrown was in the U.S. Army in Maine, which defended the coast from British invasion, - so I have it. Is this correct?
I am compiling a Genealogy of the Willebrown Family in America, dating from 1681. Is it too much to ask for a copy of the records not only of James and L.W., as above, but also of any and all Willebrowns that may have served in the Army or Navy of the United States? Any such information would be gratefully received, and you would much oblige
Yours truly,
L. W. Willebrown
Pastor of W.M. Church, Lockington, Ohio.